[SATLUG] Wifi (Bandera County)

[Ed]

Aaron Hackney wrote:
> Ed wrote:
>> Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>>> scs at worldlinkisp.com wrote:
>>>  
>>>>> ------- Original Message -------
>>>>>       
>>>> >From    : Geoff wrote:
>>>> Is there such a thing as high-speed access to the internet in 
>>>> Bandera, *other* than via satellite?
>>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>>> Yes, depending on your definition of high-speed.
>>>> There's wireless dsl @ about 1.5 ~ 2.3 kbs from
>>>> Indian Creek      730-796-7788
>>>> Internet America  800-232-4335t
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Is this a typo?  A modem can do 56 kbs.
>>>
>>>   -- Bruce
>>>   
>> I don't think so...  DSL (digital subscriber link) can handle transit 
>> packets of 64Kb/channel.  As a DSL line (usually one B and one D 
>> channel) can transit 64Mb/sec
> I did a few DSLAM installs back in the day but I can't recall the 
> technology in use other than using freq out of the voice range on 
> voice POTS circuits. I think you are thinking of ISDN? (1D and 2B = 
> BRI ISDN circuit)
>> , and an ADSL (asynchronous) 
> Asymmetric.
>> can handle multiple B channels at once via multiplexing, and 1.5 - 
>> 3.2 megabits without much difficulty.  However, full through-put 
>> depends on the number of users accessing the line/node at a given 
>> moment.  Usually, ADSL packages are 128Mb/sec (2B, 1D channels), and 
>> via multiplexing, can transit the low end of the DSL spectrum (1.5Mb) 
>> fairly easily...  And, they don't use a "modem," the use a "terminal 
>> adapter..."
> TAs are ISDN ya?
>
Actually, they're both DSL and ISDN.  They're no more modems than is a 
"cable modem," which is also a TA...

Cheers;

Ed